Florida Panthers First Round Schedule

     The National Hockey League have issued the schedule to begin the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Florida Panthers will play the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round inside the Central Division.

     The Panthers will host Game 1 on Sunday and Game 2 on Tuesday at BB&T Center in Sunrise. They will travel to Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay to face the Lightning on May 20 in Game 3 and May 22 in Game 4. 

     The series will return to South Florida for Game 5 on May 24. Game 6 will be in Tampa on May 26 and Game 7 takes place in Sunrise on May 28. 

     Florida gets to host postseason games for the first time since 2016. The Panthers played in Toronto for their Stanley Cup Qualifying Series last year in a centralized bubble venue due to the coronavirus pandemic.